Genetics Vocab 2020
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- Q1A specific sequence of DNA that determines one or more traits.gene30s
- Q2Relating to genes or heredity of traits.genetics30s
- Q3An organism that has two identical alleles for a specific trait.homozygous30s
- Q4An organism that has two different alleles for a specific trait.heterozygous30s
- Q5A diagram for showing the likelihood of each outcome of apunnett square30s
- Q6An individual's pair of alleles for a specific gene or group of genes that determine a trait.genotype30s
- Q7An observable trait, or physical characteristic, of an organism.phenotype30s
- Q8A version of a gene.allele30s
- Q9A specific characteristic that varies from one individual totrait30s
- Q10Describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait. Is the allele that is always expressed.dominant30s
- Q11The genetic phenomenon in which a trait is not observed, or is "hidden," in the phenotype of a heterozygous individual.recessive30s
- Q12A process by which organisms make exact copies of themselves without the union of gametes (sperm and egg cells).asexual reproduction30s
- Q13Process by which a sperm cell from a male unites with an egg cell from a female to produce offspring that inherit traits from both.sexual reproduction30s
- Q14The union of a male sperm and a female egg to form a fertilized egg.fertilization30s
- Q15special cells contributed by each parent that contain half of the normal number of chromosomessex cells (gametes)30s